Connecting Wireless headphones

[David Frager]

I have a Denon AVR-1804 Receiver, with 2 front speakers and a center
channel. I have all of my audio/video from my other components running
through it.

I recently connected wireless headphones. Since I want to use the
headphones at the same time as the speakers, I added the connection to the
front speakers vs. the headphone jack.

The problem I have is when the programming sends audio to the center channel
and not to the front speakers. Is there a better way to make this
connection? I know I can adjust my output to be in stereo mode and bypass
the center channel, but that defeats the purpose.

Thanks

[Gary A. Edelstein]

On Wed, 24 Jan 2007 18:32:58 GMT, "David Frager"
<dbfrager@fragers.com> wrote:

>I have a Denon AVR-1804 Receiver, with 2 front speakers and a center
>channel. I have all of my audio/video from my other components running
>through it.
>
>I recently connected wireless headphones. Since I want to use the
>headphones at the same time as the speakers, I added the connection to the
>front speakers vs. the headphone jack.
>
>The problem I have is when the programming sends audio to the center channel
>and not to the front speakers. Is there a better way to make this
>connection? I know I can adjust my output to be in stereo mode and bypass
>the center channel, but that defeats the purpose.
>
Try the headphone jack or a stereo line out, like tape out. Most
receivers these days with separate speaker on/off/selection switches
will have a live headphone jack that won't switch off the speakers
when the plug is used. Some wireless headphones work with a line out,
I suppose some don't and need a headphone or speaker out.

You shouldn't hook up the headphones to the same speaker connections
and your main L/R front speakers.

Gary E
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[rdclark]

On Jan 24, 1:32 pm, "David Frager" <dbfra...@fragers.com> wrote:
> I have a Denon AVR-1804 Receiver, with 2 front speakers and a center
> channel. I have all of my audio/video from my other components running
> through it.
>
> I recently connected wireless headphones. Since I want to use the
> headphones at the same time as the speakers, I added the connection to the
> front speakers vs. the headphone jack.
>
> The problem I have is when the programming sends audio to the center channel
> and not to the front speakers. Is there a better way to make this
> connection? I know I can adjust my output to be in stereo mode and bypass
> the center channel, but that defeats the purpose.

Most wireless headphone transmitters in my experience work best
connected to a line-level output (like a tape out) or a headphone jack.


Most digital receivers in my experience cannot downmix a multichannel
input to two channels. Further, they usually cannot output anything to
the headphone or stereo line outputs when the source is a digital
multichannel input.

Given these limitations, if your center channel is a discrete one
(coming from a 5.1 source connected to a digital input) there is
probably no way to get it into your headphones.

However, you might try connecting the stereo analog outputs of your
sources to the receiver, along with the digital outputs. Many digital
audio sources will send a stereo downmix of a multichannel signal out
from their analog outputs while simultaneously sending the digital
multichannel output.

When you want to use your headphones, select the stereo analog version
of the source instead of the digital one. Then put your receiver in
Dolby Pro Logic II mode (or the equivalent DTS mode, whichever sounds
better to you). The receiver will generate a center channel for your
center speaker while still providing the original stereo to the
headphone and line outputs.

I assume this is a Digital AV receiver that you have set up by setting
the surround speakers to "none" in the receiver's setup menu.

RichC